03/19

Announcements

• Hyperledger Global Forum 2021 - DEADLINE EXTENDED
  • Call for proposals due TODAY, Friday, March 19

Code & Projects

Hyperledger Besu

• Important note: the 21.1.1 release contains an outdated version of the Berlin network upgrade. If you are using Besu on public Ethereum networks, you must upgrade to 21.1.2.
  • This release contains the activation blocks for Berlin across all supported testnets and the Ethereum mainnet.

Hyperledger Solang

• Solang has a new codegen optimizer pass called dead storage: Loading from contract storage, or storing to contract storage is expensive. This optimization removes any redundant load from and store to contract storage. 
  • For details: https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/solang/commit/cfdbded1931bcf86136885a1915c243b5d0103df

Noteworthy Pull Requests

Hyperledger Fabric

• Map subject key identifers to key objects with read-only CKA_ID attributes
• Detangle the local MSP

Hyperledger Indy

• Percent encoding of passwords in Postgres Plug-In

Hyperledger Grid

• Add alternate ID support

Articles, Training & Tutorials

• Case Study: Easing World Trade: Avanza Innovation, Hyperledger Fabric and Dubai’s Digital Silk Road

• Combing IoT and DLT to Ensure the Safety of the World’s Vaccine Supply Chains

• Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer (CHFD) exam has relaunched
  
  • Register now to demonstrate your knowledge to develop and maintain client applications and smart contracts using the latest Fabric programming model
• Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer is now available in Japanese. Please choose Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer (Japanese Version) for a Japanese-speaking proctor
  • Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developerの試験問題は日本語にも対応しています。日本語を話す試験監督のもとで試験を受けたい方はCertified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (日本語監督版) を選択してください。

Events

• Member webinar: Hyperledger In-depth: An hour with Valid Network- Securing The New Economy
  • April 7 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am PDT

Upcoming Project Maintainer Calls

• 20-MAR
  • Cello
• 22-MAR
  • Cactus Pair Programming - repeats every weekday
• 23-MAR
  • Cactus Maintainers
  • Drafting the Indy DID spec
  • Private Chaincode Lab
• 24-MAR
  • Technical WG China Meeting双周会议
  • Aries WG A
  • Caliper Contributors
  • Aries Bifold User Group Meeting
  • Aries WG B
• 25-MAR
  • Cactus Contributors
  • Aries JavaScript
• 26-MAR
  • Iroha
  • Fabric Documentation Workgroup call - Western hemisphere

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